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CURTAIN FIXTURE. APPLIOATION FLRD .JUNE 12.1905.

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UNITEA STATES PATRN T OFFTCE.

RICHARD R. LAWSON AND JOHN R. SILVERNAIL, OF OLEAN, NEW YORK.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE..

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application filed June l2, 1905. Serial No. 264,849.

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Be it known that we, RICHARD R. LAWSON and JOHN R. SILVERNAIL, of Olean,in the county of Oattaraugus, in the State of New York, have jointlyinvented new and useful Improvements in Ourtain-Fixtures, of which thefollowing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in shade and curtain fixtures inwhich certain parts are permanently secured to the window-casing,usually at the corners, while other parts are adjustable toward and fromeach other upon the permanently-fixed parts, the object being to permitthe use of poles or rollers of different lengths, thereby avoiding thenecessity of cutting the poles or trimming the curtains and alsoavoiding excessive mutilation of the casing or corner-blocks as well asother parts of the adjacent walls.

A further object is to enable these fixtures to be used for supportingpoles for lace or other curtains as well as the roller upon which theshade is mounted.

A still further object is to enable both the pole and shade-rollerbrackets at each end or side of the casing to be cut or stamped from asingle piece of sheet metal@ Other objects and uses relating to thespeciiic details of our improved fixtures will be brought out in thefollowing description.

It is well known that aside from the inconvenience and labor incidentalto refitting shade-rollers to conform to different widths of windows thewindow-casings are frequently mutilated by nail-holes to such an extentas to disfigure the casings and adjacent parts of the wall, and we havevtherefore sought to provide a simple and efficient 'fixture which willobviate these difficulties.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper portion of awindow-casing, partly broken away, showing our improved curtain and pole'fixtures in operative position. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken online 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan of the sheet metal blank for formingone of the adjustable parts of the fixture.

A represents the upper portion of a window casing or frame, and to theupper corners of this casing are secured substantially flat metal plates1, which in this instance are square and of about the size of thecornerblocks, to which they may be applied or secured by fasteningmeans, as screws 2. We

preferably make these plates 1 of sheet metal, having their lower andupper edges bent forwardly and inwardly toward each other for formingparallel flanges 3 and grooves 4. It is evident, however, that theseplates may be formed of light malleable iron or other metal and that thedimensions may be somewhat modified without departing from the spirit ofour invention. Each of these plates 1 receivesand supports an adjustablecurtain and pole supporting plate 5, which is also preferably formed ofsheet metal of substantially the same dimensions as the plate 1 and hasits lower and upper edges guided in the grooves 4;, between the iianges3 and main body of the plate 1. These adjustable plates 5 are eachprovided with apole-bracket 6 and a curtain-roll-supporting bracket 7,both of which are cut and pressed from the central body of the plate 5,as best seen in Figs. 2 and 3. It will be observed upon reference tothese figures that the pole-brackets 6 are of considerable length ascompared with the curtain-roller brackets 7, and when bent outwardly atright angles to the plane of the blank they project some distance beyondthe roller-brackets 7. These latter brackets are cut from the centralbody of the brackets 6 and are folded outwardy on line 9, Fig. 3, somedistance in from the folding or bending line, as 8, of the bracket 6 andare also dis posed at substantially rightl angles to the main body ofthe plate 5, but some distance inward from the bracket 6, therebybringing the roller close to the window-casing and at the same timeleaving ample space at the end between the brackets 6 and 7 for theproper entrance and operation of the bearing-pins at the ends of theroller, it being understood that these brackets 7 are provided withsuitable apertures, as -10 and 11, for receiving said roller-bearings.

It is to be observed that while the polee brackets 6 and thecurtain-roller brackets 7 are cut out of the plates 1 they are notwholly separated from the plates, but are integrally united therewith atthe bases of the respective brackets, being merely folded outwardly, andthus retaining a' firm connection with the plates 1. It is now clearthat the plates 5 are adjustable toward and from each other and that4the brackets 6 and 7 are similarly adjusted and are held in theiradjusted position by suitable means, as set-screws 11, Figs. l and 2. Inmanufacturing these fixtures of sheet metal the adjustable parts are IOOIIO

particularly light and strong and allow all of the stock of the plate 5to be utilized without waste, as will be evident upon examination of theblank seen in Fig. 3; but we do not wish to limit ourselves to theformation of these plates 5 and brackets 6 and 7 from sheet metal nor tothe number of brackets which may be formed from a single piece of sheetmetal, the essential feature of the invention being to provide metalplates permanently secured to the casing. and prov ed with suitableguides or ways for the reception of adjustable metal plates, each havingone or more ears or brackets for the reception of a curtain pole orroller.

It will be observed upon reference to Fig. 3 that the central portion ofthe plate 5 is cut to form two tongues constituting, respectively, thebrackets 6 and 7, the tongue 7 being cut from the central portion of thebracket 6, and both of these tongues are therefore integral with andunited at the same end to the plate 5 5 but we do not wish to limitourselves to the use of two brackets stamped 'from the same plate, as insome instances we niay prefer to use only one bracket. The brackets 6and 7 project different distances from the base-plate l, the bracket 6being formed with a semicircular recess l2 for receiving and supporting`a pole, as B, and has its central portion cut away at i3, from whichcut-away portion the tongue or bracket 7 is formed, and these brackets 7are adapted to receive and support a curtain roll or shade 14.

Vhen the parts of each fixture are inade of sheet metal, the oppositeparallel edges of the plate i are folded or turned toward each other,forming the parallel grooves 4, and the brackets or tongues 6 or 7 arecut from the central portion of the main body and are then folded orturned at substantially right angles to said main body on the dottedlines 8 and 9, Fig. 3, to the position seen in Fig. 2, so that thetongues or brackets 7 lie in a hori- Zontal plane between the upper andlower edges of the brackets 6 and in alinement with the openings 13.Then these plates 5 are thus formed, they may be inserted in the guides4 from either end of the plates 1 and are held in their adjustedpositions by the set-screws 11.

What we claim is- A 1. In combination with a window-casing, andsubstantially square metal corner-plates secured to the upper corners ofthe casing, each plate having its upper and lower edges turned towardeach other forming lengthwise grooves, additional metal plates mountedin said grooves and adjustable toward and from each other, eachadjustable plate being provided with a curtain-bracket and a polebracketboth cut from the body of the plate within the marginal edges thereof,and means for holding the adjustable plate in its adjusted position.

2. ln combinationwith a window-casing and metal corner-plates secured tothe upper corners of the casing, and each provided with lower and upperparallel grooves, additional metal plates mounted in said grooves andslidable toward and from each other, each adjustable plate having a pairof brackets projecting at ditlerent distances from the casing bothbrackets of each adjustable plate being cut from the body of the platewithin the margins thereof.

ln combination with a window-casing and metal corner-plates permanentlysecured thereto, sheet-metal plates adustably mounted upon the fixedplates, and movable toward and 'from each other, each adjustable plate.having its central portion forming an integral curtain-bracket and anintegral polebracket botn cut from the body of the plate within themargin thereof.

4t. in a curtain-fixture@ sheetemetal plate having two tongues cut fromits central por-v tion and integral therewith at one end, one tonguebeing within the other and both tongues being offset and disposed atsubstantially right angles to the plate.

5. ln a curtain-'lixturd a metal plate having its central portionforming two tongues or brackets integral tlierewith at one end anddisposed at substantially right angles to the plate, but in differentvertical planes.

6. ln combination with a window-casing, sheet-metal corner-platespermanently secured to the upper corners of the casing and having theirupper and lower edges turned toward each other forming parallel groovesor ways, additional sheet-metal plates adjustable toward. and from eachother and guided in. said grooves, each of the adjustable plates havingits central portion cut and folded at substantially right angles theretoforming a curtaiinbracket, and means for holding said plate in itsadjusted position.

ln witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 8th day of June,i905. I

RICHARD R. Li'U/VSON. JHN R. SlLVERNi/UL. Nitnessesz H. D. RAUB, S. E.PiissMonF..

